Describes New Jersey's budget difficulties, caused essentially by the reluctance of the state legislature to enact tax reforms. Severe cutbacks in state university funds were partially averted due to revenue increases, including a two percent increase in the corporation business tax and a boost in motor vehicle registration fees. (MLH)

Preliminary results of a three-year study of fifteen school districts indicate that fiscal strain results from both "intended" and "unintended" factors. The authors construct a model of fiscal strain that combines budget constraints with school district decision-makers' preference functions and indifference curves. Using this model and 1976 and…

Defining ethnic newspapers as those published in a foreign language or in English that address themselves to a national group, this paper presents an overview of such papers currently published in the United States. The paper is organized into three sections. The first deals with the functions served by ethnic papers, including aiding in…

This book offers an independent analysis of the New York City education budget for 1981 by the Educational Priorities Panel (EPP). It represents an alternative to the mayor's budget, which calls for $89 million in cuts, and the board of education budget. The first two chapters contain background information on the EPP and an explanation of the…

The legal problems faced by publishers of alternative newspapers are often compounded by the limited availability of the funds they have either for legal defense or for initiating lawsuits. Although both the courts and journalism's professional associations theoretically support the position that the alternative press possesses rights identical to…

A PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY THE USOE TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF TITLE I ON 4 RURAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT WERE CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE TITLE I IMPACT ON (1) ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS, (2) PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN DETERMINING TITLE I ACTIVITIES, (3) THE ACTIVITIES, AND (4) THEIR…

Five approaches to federal funding of higher education are described. (1) The Miller Bill (H.R. 875, 90th Congress) would provide $150 million in institutional grants for science education to be distributed in three equal parts, based on the number of federal "project awards" (grants-in-aid) an institution receives, enrollments in science courses,…

This is the first report of the review of operations of five service academies operated by the government: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York; Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut; and Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. This report…

This study attempts to follow up students who were admitted to the Graduate School at Western Illinois University but failed to enroll. The study is designed to (1) evaluate present services to potential graduate students and (2) better predict what proportion of accepted applicants will enroll. The no-shows are compared for the Fall Quarters of…

This report discusses some of the financial issues and choices with which Harvard University will have to cope in an environment of increased stringency: issues of money-allocation, money raising, and money management. Part I presents highlights of Harvard's recent financial history and its prospects in quantitative terms. Part II presents some…

This report discusses the general state of faculty compensations, and considers in some detail the prospects and special financial problems of the nation's public institutions. The discussion centers on: (1) the decline in the rate of increase in compensation; (2) the effects of inflation on ranks and types of institution, with special emphasis on…

There is a great deal of uncertainty about the graduate education of scientists and engineers. Students are worried about employment opportunities, institutions worry about the quality and quantity of their future graduate programs, and the government worries about an adequate supply of trained manpower for the future. Added to these worries are…

The financial crisis in the graduate education of students in the liberal arts is not as severe as it is in the sciences, since the liberal arts never received large grants to begin with. Yet the job market is pinching that area too, becuase its only job market, higher education, is experiencing severe financial strains. It has become necessary to…

Foreseeing problems with existing patterns of financing higher education and of college attendance, the College Scholarship Service held a colloquium in 1966 to deal broadly with the most effective methods of supporting higher education and with the role and problems of the educational consumer. An important trend--the marked and seemingly…